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ATTENTION 


NOW  IS  THE  TIME  TO  ENLIST. 

LAST   OPPORTUNITY  to  escape  en- 
rollment under  the  Conscript  Law. 
$50  Bounty.     $24  per  month  wages. 

I  am  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War  to  raise  in  Western  Va. 
a  Battalion  of  mounted  men  to  serve  as  a  Partisan  corps  during  the 
war.  I  have  established  a  recruiting  station  at  Wytheville.  Col. 
Henry  A.  Edmundson  of  Roanoke  and  Capt.  John  J.  Wade  of 
Montgomery,  will  aid  me  in  the  organization  of  the  Battalion.  The 
terms  offered  are  most  favorable  to  those  who  wish  to  enter  the  ser- 
vice. Those  enlisting  will  be  entitled  to  a  bounty  of  #50  and  a  full 
share  in  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  or  an  equal  division  in  kind  of  all 
property  captured  from  the  enemy.  Rations  and  clothing  furnished 
by  the  Government  as  to  regular  troops;  wages  per  month,  #24  to 
each  soldier  furnishing  his  own  horse. 

Whilst  our  enemies  are  urging  forward  their  new  levies  by  the 
thousand,  let  us  not  be  idle.  I  appeal  to  the  citizens  of  Western 
Virginia  to  come  forward  and  enlist  in  the  largest  Partisan  corps  in 
the  Confederate  States.  To  the  conscripts  who  are  now  being  en- 
rolled, with  a  view  to  fill  up  the  skeleton  regiments  throughout  the 
State,  this  service  presents  (besides  the  pecuniary  inducements  of- 
fered) pleasant  service  on  horse  back,  with  friends  and  neighbors  in 
defence  of  our  homes. 

Conscripts  must  enlist  before  they  are  enrolled — only  a  few  weeks 
can  be  given  to  the  organization  of  the  eight  companies  which  will 
form  the  Battalion.  Several  companies  are  now  ready  and  recruits 
are  applying  for  admission  from  all  quarters.  Articles  of  enlistment 
will  be  sent  to  all  the  counties  in  the  South-west  so  as  to  afford  an 
opportunity  to  the  conscripts  to  join  before  they  are  drafted. 

Recruits  will  report  themselves  promptly  to  the  Officer  in  charge 
of  the  rendezvous  at  Wytheville. 

ROBERT  C.  TRIGG, 

July  21, 1862.  Col.  54th  Rest.  Va.  Vols. 


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